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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1934
Page
1
Iowa Senate moved toward finalizing its interim tax study with plans to consider a twenty million interim commission bill for passage the next day. Quick action on amendments to the farm bureau selective transactions tax bill left three remaining as five weeks of formal tax revision study nears completion.
Des Moines January 15 State Insurance Commissioner F E W Clark revoked the order granting policy holders an additional 30 days of grace for premium payments. The policy now must be paid within the original 30 days after due date. Policy loan restrictions remain in effect but have been liberalized by the companies.
Mrs Cathryn Blum sr of Wellman dies after lingering illness at home three miles south of Wellman. Funeral services set for Tuesday at Pilotburg church with Rev Waldemar Hinck. interment Pilotburg cemetery. She was about 65. сына
In Des Moines the eleventh week of the Iowa general assembly special session opened with leaders predicting Senate passage of a tax revision bill this week. The House presses for quicker action on sales and income taxes while debating the three way $20,000,000 measure and relief appropriations with Gov. Clyde L. Herring.
In Chicago on January 15, Dr Alice Wynekoop nearly collapsed as defense attorney began the opening statement in her trial for murdering Neta, daughter-in-law of her son. The court recessed for an hour and a half while she regained strength. Assistant states attorney Dougherty argued the state’s case that the defendant chloroformed and then shot Neta.
The Washington Y basketball team hosts Enna Jetticks of Mt Pleasant at eight tonight at the NY M C A A. Henry Littles high school freshmen face Gale Fishers Morning Sun group in a seven o'clock prelim. Admission is 10 or 60 cents with or without season tickets. the Y travels to Rock Island Wednesday night.
Carlos Haveria, 1920 Annapolis graduate and secretary of agriculture, designated provisional president by the revolutionary junta after Dr. San Martin submitted his resignation. Mendieta was the other leading candidate. The government seized the Cuban Electric Company after wage negotiations failed.
County treasurer warns only two weeks remain to register autos without penalty and urges quick action as 1365 cars and 140 trucks have been licensed so far this year. A $1 penalty applies after February 1 and use of old plates will be illegal. junked or stored vehicles must be reported by February first.
Belgium follows France in fortifying its border with a concrete and steel ring to deter a German invasion. Plans evolved from two defense concepts to a unified program under Minister Albert Devere, including Eyben Eymael fort and the Herve plateau fortifications with Franco-Belgian cooperation.
Toronto judges refused to set aside the extradition order for Insull. Justice Charles Garrow of the Ontario supreme court rejected the defense motion. The ruling keeps Insull under an order for removal to the United States.
About thirty thousand coal miners in Wilkes Barre Pa heeded a strike call today marking a major stoppage in the soft coal region. The action, tied to wage and conditions demands, disrupts shipments and raises tension between union leaders and operators.
A fragment from a Santa Monica We pass along to readers. The president jokes about canceling Senate actions and jokes that future news from Congress may be subject to erasure. The dialogue reflects a_raw political mood and satirical tone of the era.
William Henry McAvoy 47 died of a heart attack about eleven Saturday night at 20614 South Town avenue. He was born April 21 1886 in Muscatine and married Feb 6 1916 to Sadee Shrader. He leaves widow three children Marion George and Melba and siblings Frank Thomas Flora Josie Bertha and more. He enjoyed family and athletics. son Marion Charlie excelled in sports in school and college. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm at Sherman's funeral home with Dr F O Fastwood of the Presbyterian church officiating. burial Elm Grove cemetery. Friends may call.
President Roosevelt asked Congress to authorize the government to take title to all American monetary gold and to revalue the dollar to not more than 60 percent of its present gold value, with profits from devaluation funding a two billion dollar stabilization fund. He favored bullion hoarding rather than free gold coin circulation and urged a sound currency with stable purchasing power. The Treasury immediately raised the price of newly mined gold to 24.45 per ounce, setting the dollar’s gold value at 60 cents as proposed.
Explosion rocked Taylorville Illinois today as a mine worker’s home was blown apart leaving it in fragments. Police feared the act signaled a renewal of violence in the union dispute. the house was empty at the time of the blast.
Five peppers labeled Blue Eagle were shown by Mrs. W. H. Miller with a red pepper revealing a center shaped like an eagle though one head and green coloring. Call for a strike closed at least 20 mines in the hari coal region. Coal company officials report most mines operate with reduced crews.
A ranch story notes three dogs protecting turkeys on the Holmes and Stokes property. Two dogs trained for guarding the vobbler watch the turkeys while a third guards the turkey hens. The paragraph mentions about a thousand turkeys and a period of incubation of six months.
Hancock Massachusetts shows no unemployed men as the village faces its unemployment puzzle with every able-bodied resident employed in local work or nearby jobs. The report notes the unusual condition contrasts with broader regional jobless trends.
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